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Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack

Communities across Western Pennsylvania and across the nation took time to remember those who were lost on December 7, 1941, the day that Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Updated: 5:32 AM EST Dec 8, 2013

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Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack

Communities across Western Pennsylvania and across the nation took time to remember those who were lost on December 7, 1941, the day that Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Updated: 5:32 AM EST Dec 8, 2013

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Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack

Communities across Western Pennsylvania and across the nation took time to remember those who were lost on December 7, 1941, the day that Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

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WEBVTT 3 SEVENTY-TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR--PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY MARKED THE DAY THE UNITED STATES WAS PULLED INTO WORLD WAR II. INCLUDING VETERANS AT THE PEARL HARBOR VISITOR CENTER IN HAWAII. 3 3 MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS JOINED CURRENT AND RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING PEARL HARBOR VETERANS FOR THE ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF THE 1941 ATTACK. THE THEME: "SOUND THE ALARM." HONORED AMERICANS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF DUTY FOLLOWING THE ATTACK. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE COUNTRY-- WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS GATHERED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND REMEMBER FELLOW SOLDIERS. 3 3 ROUGHLY 25-HUNDRED U-S MARINES, SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND OTHERS WERE INJURED. 3 3 HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA - HONORS FOR SEVEN MEN - WHO SURVIVED THAT HORRIBLE DAY IN PEARL HARBOR - 72 YEARS AGO. INSIDE THE EAST WING AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN HARRISBURG - GOVERNOR CORBETT PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AT A CEREMONY SATURDAY. MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SPONSORED THE EVENT. THE GOVERNOR - PERSONALLY THANKED THE PENNSYLVANIA MEN WHO SURVIVED PEARL HARBOR. 3 SOME OF THE PEARL HARBOR VETERANS TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA FOR SATURDAY'S CEREMONY.